Hey, is there a readme or a manual for the mac version of this? Can someone post it or link to it? Cuz i never got the readme. If there isn't one, can someone tell me how I operate the touchscreen? Your Mac comes with built-in apps that let you do amazing things—and you can find even more great apps in the Mac App Store. Learn what you can do with apps on your. DeSmuME is one of the finest and best working Nintendo DS emulator in current time which supports many high-end games. DeSmuME emulator is an open source software available to download for free on all platforms such as Windows, MAC, LINUX, Wii and Amiga OS.
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| DeSmuME |
| _________________________________________ |
| Copyright (C) 2006 yopyop |
| Copyright (C) 2006-2012 DeSmuME team |
| Last Updated: March 31, 2012 |
| Contents: |
| 1) System Requirements ..................................................... 15 |
| 2) Quick Start Guide for Using DeSmuME for OS X ............................ 36 |
| 3) Additional Documentation ............................................... 108 |
| 4) Contact Information .................................................... 138 |
| 5) License ................................................................ 257 |
| 1) System Requirements ________________________________________________________ |
| DeSmuME is a very demanding app, especially for CPU usage. Before you begin, |
| make sure that your Mac meets the listed system requirements. |
| If your Mac meets only the minimum requirements, then you should expect to run |
| most simple 2D-only games with some frameskip, but you will be unable to run |
| complex 2D games or any 3D-heavy games. However, if your Mac meets the |
| recommended requirements, then you should expect to run almost every game, |
| including very complex 3D-heavy games, with minimal to no frameskip. |
| Operating System: OS X v10.5 (Leopard) or later |
| CPU: Can run on any PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel processor |
| 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (minimum) |
| 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster (recommended) |
| RAM: 512 MB (minimum) |
| 2 GB (recommended) |
| 2) Quick Start Guide for Using DeSmuME for OS X _______________________________ |
| Installing DeSmuME is as easy as copying DeSmuME.app to your Applications |
| folder (or other folder of your choice). Double-click the app to start DeSmuME. |
| Note that DeSmuME for OS X may have a different feature set than DeSmuME for |
| Windows and DeSmuME for Linux. As of this writing, some features that are |
| present in DeSmuME for Windows are not present in DeSmuME for OS X. |
| The rest of this section will be a guide to help you quickly get started using |
| DeSmuME for OS X. |
| Loading a ROM and Starting the Emulator: |
| Simply double-click the desired ROM from the Finder to play the game. By |
| default, DeSmuME will load the ROM and start emulation. Also, there are |
| additional ROM loading options that you can change in DeSmuME > Preferences if |
| you need them. |
| Using the DS Controller: |
| Each DS controller button can be mapped to a button of your choice on your |
| keyboard, gamepad, or joystick. You can view the mappings by clicking on Input |
| in DeSmuME > Preferences, and then clicking the Controller tab on the Input |
| page. To change a mapping, click on the DS control that you want to change, |
| then press the button on your input device to map it. |
| By default, the DS controller is mapped to the following keys on your keyboard: |
| Up - Up Arrow |
| Down - Down Arrow |
| Left - Left Arrow |
| Right - Right Arrow |
| A Button - X |
| B Button - Z |
| X Button - S |
| Y Button - A |
| L Trigger - Q |
| R Trigger - W |
| Start - Return |
| Select - Tab |
| Lid - Delete (Backspace) |
| Debug - |
| Microphone - ` |
| Using the DS Touch Pad: |
| Touch pad input is emulated using the left mouse button. Simply click in the |
| touch pad area of the DS display window to use the DS touch pad. |
| Rotating the DS Display: |
| Some games require that the DS display be at a certain rotation in order to |
| look correct. Rotation options can be found by choosing |
| View > Display Rotation. You can also use the toolbar buttons Rotate Left and |
| Rotate Right to rotate the display by 90 degrees counterclockwise or clockwise, |
| respectively. |
| Freezing and Restoring the Emulation State: |
| Save states are a powerful feature that allows you to freeze the emulation |
| state and restore it later. However, note that save states are only a |
| temporary means of saving -- more permanent saves must be done using the |
| in-game save (or ROM save). |
| - To freeze the emulation state, choose File > Save State File. |
| - To restore the emulation state, choose File > Open State File. |
| You can also freeze/restore emulation states without having to manage the |
| Open/Save dialogs. There are ten available save state 'slots' that you can |
| use to quickly freeze/restore the emulation state. |
| - To quick freeze the emulation state, choose File > Save State Slot > Slot #. |
| The default hotkey for this is (Shift-#). |
| - To quick restore the emulation state, choose File > Load State Slot > Slot #. |
| The default hotkey for this is (#). |
| 3) Additional Documentation ___________________________________________________ |
| The quick start guide in this Read Me is by no means a complete reference to |
| everything that DeSmuME can do! If you need any additional information about |
| DeSmuME, then you can reference our online Wiki pages for up-to-date |
| information. |
| * Official Documentation: http://wiki.desmume.org/index.php?title=Main_Page |
| This is the main Wiki page that contains all of our official documentation. |
| * FAQ: http://wiki.desmume.org/index.php?title=Faq |
| The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page has a lot of useful general |
| information about DeSmuME. Do note that some of the information may be platform |
| specific, and may not directly apply to the OS X version of DeSmuME. |
| * DeSmuME Manual for OS X: |
| http://wiki.desmume.org/index.php?title=DeSmuME_Manual_for_the_Macintosh_port |
| This page contains complete and detailed information about how to operate |
| DeSmuME for OS X. |
| * DeSmuME Build Instructions for OS X: |
| http://wiki.desmume.org/index.php?title=Installing_DeSmuME_from_source_on_OS_X |
| This page contains complete and detailed instructions about how to make your |
| own build of DeSmuME for OS X directly from the source code. |
| 4) Contact Information ________________________________________________________ |
| Thank you for you interest in DeSmuME! If you want to tell us how useful |
| DeSmuME is in your life, your love (or hate) of certain NDS games, your passion |
| for NDS homebrew development, or anything else related to DeSmuME or NDS |
| emulation, then there are various ways for you to contact us! |
| However, keep in mind that there are a few of rules that you need to follow: |
| - Do not ask us to provide ROMs, BIOS files, or any other copyrighted stuff. |
| We don't want to have to deal with any legal issues that could get us in |
| trouble, or worse, completely shut down. |
| - When contacting us, please use the appropriate means to do it. For example, |
| if you simply want to tell us how much you love or hate us, then use the |
| comments on the official webpage. Another example: If you want to post on the |
| forum, be sure to keep the topic focused on DeSmuME; questions that ask for |
| things like us providing you the latest Pokemon cheats are not DeSmuME |
| related, and we will instead refer you to a Pokemon cheaters forum. Finally, |
| our developer chat channel is intended for furthering the development work of |
| DeSmuME; questions about how to use DeSmuME should not come here, but instead |
| go to the Support forum. In short, use the appropriate contact method. That's |
| why the different methods exist! |
| * Official Website: http://desmume.org |
| Our official website has the latest news on DeSmuME releases, and also has a |
| lot of other useful information about DeSmuME. You can comment on different |
| posts telling us how you feel about DeSmuME. Is DeSmuME the best thing in your |
| life? Is it making you cry? Or is it a bunch of blah? Let us know here! |
| * Public Forum: http://forum.desmume.org |
| If you have a question about DeSmuME, then this is the place to ask it. But |
| before you ask it, be aware that your question may have already been |
| answered before, so try the following things first: |
| - Read the manual and the FAQ. A lot of questions people have are usually |
| already answered in our documentation. |
| - Do a forum search about your question. |
| If you still need to ask a question, then be sure to provide us the following |
| information: |
| - DeSmuME app version |
| - Your operating system and OS version |
| - The name of the ROM (if a ROM is involved) |
| - The serial code of the ROM (if a ROM is involved) |
| The app version can be found by choosing DeSmuME > About DeSmuME in the DeSmuME |
| app. Alternatively, you can select the DeSmuME app in the Finder and choose |
| File > Get Info. |
| You can find your operating system and OS version by choosing About This Mac in |
| the Apple menu. |
| The ROM name and serial can be found by choosing File > ROM Info in the DeSmuME |
| application. |
| It is very important that you provide us with this information! If you don't, |
| then it will take much longer for us to respond to your question. |
| * Live Developer Chat Channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/desmume |
| We have a live developer chatline on Freenode IRC at #desmume. This channel |
| is meant for discussing the development of DeSmuME, and shows the real work |
| that goes on behind the scenes. If you are interested in doing any sort of |
| software programming, software testing, documentation, or graphics work, then |
| please join our chat channel! We would love for you to join us! |
| * Bug Reports: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=164579&atid=832291 |
| If you believe that you have found a bug, you may submit a bug report by |
| choosing Help > Submit a Bug Report in the DeSmuME application, or by |
| following the above link. This will take you to our bug tracker on SourceForge. |
| Do note that you will need a SourceForge account in order to submit a bug |
| report. |
| Bug submissions are very welcome and encouraged. However, when you submit a bug |
| to us, you MUST provide the following information, or else your bug submission |
| may be rejected: |
| - DeSmuME app version |
| - Your operating system and OS version |
| - Your Mac model identifier |
| - The name of the running ROM when the bug was observed (or 'None', if no ROM |
| was running) |
| - The serial code of the running ROM when the bug was observed (or 'None', if |
| no ROM was running) |
| - A description of the exact behavior you observed |
| - A description of the behavior you expected |
| You can find your Mac model identifier in the System Profiler app. The app is |
| located in the Applications/Utilities folder. |
| When you write your description, make sure that they are as detailed as |
| possible. The better your descriptions are, the faster we can test and fix |
| bugs. |
| For example, if you observed a bug in the game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, then the |
| bug report could look something like this: |
| App Version: v0.9.8 |
| Operating System: OS X v10.6.8 |
| Mac Model Identifier: iMac 11,2 |
| ROM Name: GOLDENSUN_DD |
| ROM Serial: NTR-BO5E-USA |
| Observed Behavior: I tried to load a save state using the |
| File > Load State > Slot 3 menu option, but the game froze. If I reset, I |
| can get the game working again. |
| Expected Behavior: The game should continue running from the point where I |
| made the save state. |
| We will try to get your bug tested as soon as possible, but any fixes may take |
| longer, depending on the complexity of the bug. Also, some bugs may require us |
| to ask you for certain files, such as your ROM saves, save states, or console |
| logs. For the above example, we would probably ask you for your save states to |
| help us track down the bug. |
| 5) License ____________________________________________________________________ |
| This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the |
| terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software |
| Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later |
| version. |
| This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY |
| WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A |
| PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. |
| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with |
| this software. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
| * See the GNU General Public License details in COPYING. |
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The free Ninendo DS emulator DeSmuME enables you to play ROM files of your DS games on computer. The emulator supports features that are not possible using the Nintendo DS hardware such as recording game play videos and saving games at any time. The PC version of the emulator also supports the use of a microphone to emulate the internal microphone of the DS. To make use of this feature you need the latest version of the emulator as well as a microphone that is set up correctly. DeSmuME can also emulate the DS microphone using an internal noise sample or by generating random white noise.
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Use the Latest Version of DeSmuME
Navigate to the official DeSmuME page (link in Resources) and download the latest version of the emulator. With each update new features and enhancements are added to the emulator, which increases compatibility with the emulated games. Ensure that you download the build that matches your operating system as there are 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the emulator available. Older versions of DeSmuME might not have support for the microphone, so it is important to use the latest version. You can subscribe to updates from the official download page so that you stay informed about future updates.
Connect and Configure Microphone
Connect and configure your microphone before starting the emulator. The microphone has to be detected and configured correctly as the primary input for your computer in order for the emulator to use it correctly. Select the 'Set up a microphone' setting in Windows 8 to access the microphone setup wizard. Follow the wizard prompts to select whether you have a headset microphone, desktop microphone or built-in microphone. The wizard also guides you through the process of setting up the correct volume for the microphone.
Play Games that Support The Microphone Function
Not all Nintendo DS games make use of the microphone function, so ensure that the game you want to play supports microphone input. Check the game manual for the title that you want to play on DeSmuME to ensure that it supports the microphone feature. Click 'File' from the DeSmuME Menu bar and select 'Open ROM' to load your game. Ensure that the game is a DS title that ends in the DS or NDS extension and not a GBA ROM.
Workarounds
If you do not have a microphone connected to your computer you can use the DeSmuME emulator to simulate microphone input. Click 'Config' from the DeSmuME Menu bar and select the 'Microphone Settings' option. Click the radio button next to 'Use Internal Noise Sample' or 'Use rand() whitenoise' and then click 'OK.' Click 'Config' and select 'Hotkey Config' to map a button on your keyboard to the microphone function. When the game requires you to blow into the microphone, press the selected hotkey to simulate microphone input.